This winter I found myself facing betrayal and the accompanying painful issues of abandonment. Anyone who knows betrayal and abandonment knows that the emotions these events precipitate are absolutely staggering.
There is loss and rejection. Bewilderment and confusion. Shock and numbness. Despair and grief. Longing and yearning. Denial, anger and shame. Self-blame and depression. You find yourself suddenly thrust into a whirlwind of conflicting and intense emotions. If you are a highly sensitive person like me, the wound feels much deeper,... [Read more]

A lot of people ask me why I created a pinwheel “girl” and not a pinwheel “woman.”
While critiquing my book, The Pinwheel Girl Takes Flight~ Every Woman’s Journey Through Seven Stages of Transformation, a person my age who identified herself as a “feminist” told me she didn’t like the word “girl” and because I referred to that word in the title of my book (and in my logo “Pinwheel Girls”) she would be very hesitant to buy it. She had worked very hard, she said, her whole adult... [Read more]

RECENT POSTS

SEARCH THIS SITE

Search for:

It's here! My new e-book, The Pinwheel Girl's Book of Simple Wisdom, packed with my best messages from the Pinwheel Girl's blog for everyday living with heart is AVAILABLE for download NOW! Visit my STORE for all the details. Only $4.99 with proceeds helping women and girls via Heifer International.

Purchase The Pinwheel Girl Takes Flight from this website and get a FREE Pinwheel Girl journal, totebag or notecard set.
Visit the STORE to order.

Upcoming Events

> January 2014 -- A daylong training in Schaumburg IL for early childhood professionals regarding strategic planning and empowered communications ~~ and a Pinwheel Vision Board goal setting workshop for the new year with classroom team leaders at a large school for children up to 6 years of age.
> March 2014 -- Heading to Atlanta to do Feedback Training and Leadership Development for school leaders and child care center administrators.
> April 2014 Planning a three-day visit to San Francisco to do more sharing of leadership best practices with "mega" child care centers.
> May 2014 -- Honored to be invited to Leadership Connections in Wheeling IL to present again at their national conference for early childhood education leaders. I'll be presenting on the always timely topic of giving and receiving effective feedback through respectful, empowered communications.